Regulation 2020/2172 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the EU’s Stabilisation and Association process

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
  7. Full version
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Current status

This regulation was in effect from December 22, 2020 until March 25, 2024.

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Key information

official title

Regulation (EU) 2020/2172 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2020/2172
Original proposal COM(2020)135 EN
CELEX number i 32020R2172

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Key dates

Document 16-12-2020; Date of signature
Publication in Official Journal 21-12-2020; OJ L 432 p. 7-11
Signature 16-12-2020
Effect 22-12-2020; Entry into force Date pub. +1 See Art 2
End of validity 25-03-2024; Implicitly repealed by 32024R0823

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Legislative text

21.12.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 432/7
 

REGULATION (EU) 2020/2172 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 16 December 2020

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 introducing exceptional trade measures for countries and territories participating in or linked to the European Union’s Stabilisation and Association process

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 207(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments,

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (1),

Whereas:

 

(1)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 (2) provided for unlimited duty free access to the Union market for nearly all products originating in the participants in the Stabilisation and Association process to the extent that and until such time as bilateral agreements with those beneficiary parties were concluded.
 

(2)

Stabilisation and Association Agreements have now been concluded with all six beneficiary parties. The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and Kosovo (*), of the other part, is the last one to be concluded and entered into force on 1 April 2016.
 

(3)

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1464 (3) amended Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009, removing the bilateral preferences granted to Kosovo but maintaining the unilateral preference granted to all Western Balkan beneficiary parties in the form of the suspension of all duties for products covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature and their access to the global wine tariff rate quota of 30 000 hl.
 

(4)

Having regard to differences in the scope of the tariff liberalisation under the regimes provided for under the Stabilisation and Association Agreements between the Union and all participants in the Stabilisation and Association process and the preferences granted under Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009, it is appropriate to extend the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 until 31 December 2025.
 

(5)

The extension of the period of application of Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 is considered to be a suitable guarantee of the Union’s enhanced engagement and commitment to the trade integration of the Western Balkans. The current system of autonomous trade measures remains a valuable support for the economies of the Western Balkan partners.
 

(6)

In addition, the denomination of two beneficiary parties needs to be amended to reflect the latest agreed terminology.
 

(7)

Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 is amended as follows:

 

(1)

Articles 1 and 2 are replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Preferential arrangements

  • 1. 
    Products originating in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo (*), Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia (‘the beneficiary parties’) covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature shall be admitted for import into the Union without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect, and with exemption from custom duties and charges having equivalent effect.
  • 2. 
    Products originating in the beneficiary parties shall continue to benefit from the provisions of this Regulation where so indicated therein. Such products shall also benefit from any concession provided for in this Regulation which is more favourable than that provided for under bilateral agreements between the Union and those beneficiary parties.

Article 2

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Original proposal

 

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